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• Life In Prison For Woman Involved In Grandmother's Murder

  August 11, 2011 10:22 AM

  A judge sentenced a woman who admitted plotting in the murder of her grandmother to life in prison Thursday morning. Heather McGlothen scanned the courtroom several times, apparently looking for family members, as the judge handed down the sentence. Judge Scorsone told McGlothen that he didn't think she... more »

• Sentence Expected In Kidnapping, Murder Case

  June 6, 2011 6:07 AM

  A man convicted of kidnapping and murdering his ex-girlfriend will learn his sentence Monday. Robin Mapel escaped from the Montgomery County jail back in 2008, kidnapped Melissa Patrick and shot her twice, killing her. Patrick was the mother of Mapel's son. A jury found Mapel guilty back in... more »

• Woman Sentenced To 45 Years In Death Of Toddler Play Video

  May 31, 2011 9:46 AM

  A Laurel County judge sentenced a mother convicted of killing her own son to 45 years in prison Tuesday. Earlier this month, a jury found Amanda Johnson, 23, guilty of murder and criminal abuse in connection with the death of Stephen Troy. Johnson made an emotional appeal to... more »

• Sentence For Taylor Co. Woman In Murder Of Husband Expected Play Video

  May 3, 2011 5:57 AM

  A Taylor County woman who pleaded guilty to killing her husband is expected to finally learn her fate Tuesday. Sentencing is scheduled for Geneva Hicks. She admitted to shooting and killing Randolph Hicks Jr. in May of 2009. Family members say they received a call from Geneva that... more »

• Accused Killer Sentenced For His Part In Jail Uprising Play Video

  March 15, 2011 6:18 AM

  A judge sentenced an accused killer for his part in a jail uprising after a jury found him guilty on Monday. The judge sentenced Bass Webb to 15 years in prison for taking part in an uprising at the Fayette County Detention Center last summer. Jail officials say he... more »

• Man Convicted In Lexington Police Officer Shooting Sentenced Play Video

  March 14, 2011 9:45 AM

  A judge sentenced a man convicted in the 2009 shooting of a Lexington police officer to 15 years in prison Monday morning. Last December, a jury convicted Mark Buchanan of assault in the shooting of Officer Nick Whitcomb as he checked out a suspicious vehicle in the Winburn neighborhood.... more »

• Teen Sentenced To 10 Years In Shooting Of Another Teen Play Video

  February 24, 2011 9:39 AM

  The teenager who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of a 17-year-old in Lexington was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday morning. Police say Jamar Mays, 17, shot Ali Shalash in a home along Dorset Drive in November 2009. He pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter earlier... more »

• Jury Recommends Life In Murder Of Boyfriend Play Video

  February 17, 2011 6:05 AM

  On Wednesday evening, a jury recommended a life sentence plus five years in prison for convicted killer Toby Lasure. The sentences will run consecutively. Earlier in the day, the jury found Lasure, 33, guilty of gunning down his boyfriend, Christopher Tolliver, in the parking lot of Lexington Green... more »

• Deaf Louisville Man Gets 2 Life Terms

  January 27, 2011 9:09 AM

  LOUISVILLE (AP) - A judge in Louisville has sentenced a deaf, homeless man to two consecutive life terms without parole in two murder cases. The sentence was imposed Wednesday on Jeston Murray, reports WAVE-TV in Louisville. Murray was convicted in the beating death of Darrell Spencer in December... more »

• Judge Declines Death Sentence For New

  December 17, 2010 11:03 AM

  LOUISVILLE (AP) - A judge in Louisville has sentenced a convicted sex offender to life in prison for kidnapping and killing a 4-year-old boy in 2007. Prosecutors had asked Jefferson Circuit Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman for a death sentence for Cecil New II. But Burkman declined, saying a life sentence... more »

• Sentence Handed Down In Beard Eating Case Play Video

  November 16, 2010 10:28 AM

  The two men charged with cutting off a man's beard and forcing him to eat it will both avoid jail time. An Anderson County judge sentenced Troy Holt to five years probation. His co-defendant, James Hill, was sentenced to four years probation. The pair pleaded guilty to terroristic threatening,... more »

• Man Denied Reduction In Sentence In 2004 Lexington Murder Case Play Video

  May 20, 2010 5:17 PM

  A man convicted in the 2004 murder of a Lexington newlywed was denied a reduction in his sentence in court Thursday. Michael Shepherd, 22, was 16 when he shot and killed 18-Megan Liebengood as she took groceries out of the trunk of her car in the parking lot of her... more »

• Teacher Sentenced To Five Years In Death Of Infant Son Play Video

  April 23, 2010 10:53 AM

  The former Christ the King teacher charged in the 2007 death of her infant son was sentenced in Fayette Circuit Court on Friday morning. Courtney Bishop was sentenced to five years in prison for reckless homicide. Bishop was set to stand trial for murder and criminal abuse of her son,... more »

• Paducah Man Given 25 Days For Chasing Children

  February 2, 2010 8:08 AM

  PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A judge in Paducah has sentenced a man to 25 days in jail for chasing children on a school playground with his truck. The Paducah Sun reported 45-year-old Wallace Orlando McCoy will serve his sentence on weekends, so he can keep his job. McCoy entered an... more »

• Lexington Man Sentenced To Prison For Child Porn, Will Also Forfeit House

  October 20, 2009 3:26 PM

  A Lexington man who pled guilty to child pornography charges was sentenced Tuesday. Joseph Robert Leitner, 62, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of receiving child pornography and a forfeiture count that will force him to surrender his home in... more »